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medication onset date

med_onset_dt
general
Updated 3/30/2026

Definition

The symptom start date for a pharmaceutical substance. Used to track temporal information related to medication onset date. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for medication management and reporting.

Standard Abbreviation

med_onset_dt

Category

general

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  claim_id VARCHAR(50),
  med_onset_dt VARCHAR(100),  -- medication onset date
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT 
  claim_id,
  med_onset_dt as medication_onset_date
FROM claims;

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